%0 Journal Article
%A Berger, Anne-Katrin
%A Singh, Hans Martin
%A Werft, Wiebke
%A Muckenhuber, Alexander
%A Sprick, Martin
%A Trumpp, Andreas
%A Weichert, Wilko
%A Jäger, Dirk
%A Springfeld, Christoph
%T High prevalence of incidental and symptomatic venous thromboembolic events in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer under palliative chemotherapy: A retrospective cohort study.
%J Pancreatology
%V 17
%N 4
%@ 1424-3903
%C Amsterdam
%I Elsevier
%M DKFZ-2017-04018
%P 629 - 634
%D 2017
%X Pancreatic cancer patients are at high risk for venous thromboembolic events (VTEs), and chemotherapy is a known additional risk factor. In this context, there is a controversial discussion whether prophylactic anticoagulation should be offered to all outpatients receiving chemotherapy.In this retrospective study, we analyzed incidental and symptomatic VTEs in 150 pancreatic cancer patients receiving either gemcitabine-based chemotherapy or chemotherapy according to the FOLFIRINOX protocol.VTEs were identified in 25
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:28462862
%R 10.1016/j.pan.2017.04.012
%U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/127996